Field validation of water-use efficiency of the CAM plant Opuntia ellisiana in south Texas

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-148

  Han, Huien ^a   Felker, Peter ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

arid lands; cactus; cactus pears; forage; nopalitos

Indexed keywords

OPUNTIA ELLISIANA; CACTACEAE;

CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY;

USA, TEXAS;

EID: 0031128662     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0202     Document Type: Article

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